Mining Incidents

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing CompanyMining Incidents in 2026

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company operations in 2026. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2026
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2026

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  2. 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2026

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Maintenance employee was walking in the Breezeway and slipped and fell on some ice, landing on their shoulder. The area was previously clearing of bulk ice accumulation and de icer pellets applied before the slip occurred.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

A miner was pulling on a screen in a screener with a metal hook to get the screen over the tension bar, when the hook slipped from the screen. The miner fell backwards and landed on their right elbow causing pain. The miner was seen at an Occupational Health Clinic and received job restrictions.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company's numeric MSHA operator ID.